Peter Finch

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film actor human stage actor television actor

Peter Finch was an acclaimed English-Australian actor best known for his intense screen presence and his posthumous Academy Award-winning performance as the deranged news anchor Howard Beale in the film "Network."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film actor → human → stage actor → television actor →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor → BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama NERFINISHED →
birthName	Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
citizenship	Australia → United Kingdom →
coStarredWith	Dustin Hoffman → Faye Dunaway → William Holden →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1916-09-28 →
dateOfDeath	1977-01-14 →
ethnicOrigin	English →
familyName	Finch →
genre	drama films →
givenName	Frederick → George → Peter →
isPosthumousAwardRecipientOf	Academy Award for Best Actor →
knownFor	intense screen presence →
languageOfPerformance	English →
medium	film → television → theatre →
name	Peter Finch →
nationalityDescription	English-Australian →
notableFact	One of the first performers to win a posthumous Academy Award for acting →
notableWork	A Town Like Alice → Far from the Madding Crowd → Network → Sunday Bloody Sunday → The Nun's Story → The Trials of Oscar Wilde →
numberOfChildren	3 →
occupation	actor →
placeOfBirth	South Kensington, London, England →
placeOfDeath	Beverly Hills, California, United States →
portrayed	Oscar Wilde in The Trials of Oscar Wilde →
restingPlace	Hollywood Forever Cemetery →
role	Howard Beale in Network →
spouse	Eletha Barrett → Tamara Tchinarova → Yolande Turner →
workedIn	Australian cinema → British cinema → Hollywood cinema →
yearsActive	1930s–1977 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Peter Finch →	name
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role →	notableRecipient